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Consumers Are Sleeping With the Enemy Print E-mail
Written by Sandy LeonVest   
Monday, 01 March 2010

ImageAnyone whose mission it is to ‘control the masses’ knows it all begins with good marketing. Public relations aficionado Edward Bernays understood that. One of the country’s original PR flacks, Bernays is perhaps best known for forging the decades-long marketing alliance between the AMA and the tobacco industry. The ‘Father of Spin,’ as he is known, also played a major role in the marketing and selling of the First World War to the American public with his now infamous slogan, "Making the World Safe for Democracy."

The Robber Barons of Social Change Print E-mail
Written by Mark Engler and Arthur Phillips   
Thursday, 25 February 2010

ImageBen & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc., the maker of “Vermont’s Finest” super-premium ice cream, was one of the feel-good business success stories of the 1990s. In addition to introducing frozen dessert lovers to now-famous flavors such as Cherry Garcia and Chunky Monkey, the company trumpeted its ability to make money and do good in the world at the same time. It publicized its decisions to buy ingredients from local farms, its refusal to use milk produced with bovine growth hormone, and its commitment to contributing 7.5 percent of all pre-tax profits to an employee-led charitable foundation. As the founders wrote, “We wanted to create a company we could be proud of.”

No Tutu is Big Enough to Cover Up Israeli War Crimes Print E-mail
Written by Brian Pickett, Video by Sam Mayfield   
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
ImageHuman rights activists from Vermont, New York and Israel interrupted a performance of the Israel Ballet at the Flynn Theater in Burlington, VT on Friday, February 19th, calling attention to the dance company’s complicity in Israeli war crimes. Using two banners that read “No Tutu is Big Enough to Cover Up War Crimes” and “Sponsored by Apartheid Israel”, the activists, who had purchased tickets to the show, positioned themselves in front of the stage during the opening scenes of the performance.
Vermont Event: Report Back From Human Rights Delegation to Honduras Print E-mail
Written by Toward Freedom   
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Community and Popular Radio in Haiti Today Print E-mail
Written by Beverly Bell   
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
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